Quality of life among older adults resident in long-stay care facilities Calidad de vida de mayores en institución de larga permanencia Qualidade de vida de idosos em instituição de longa permanência

OBJECTIVES: to evaluate the older adults' perceptions of their quality of life (QoL) in two long-stay care facilities in Pouso Alegre and Santa Rita in Sapucaí, in the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil , and to identify the sociodemographic and health variables which interfere in this perception. M...

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Main Authors: Luciano Magalhães Vitorino, Lisiane Manganelli Girardi Paskulin, Lucila Amaral Carneiro Viana
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2012-12-01
Series:Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-11692012000600022